17: Hermes JS Engine Development with Marc
Sep 20, 2019•27 min•Ep. 17
Episode description
Every time we get to talk about an open-source project on our podcast, we couldn't be happier. This episode we have Marc to talk about Hermes, an open-source JavaScript engine, optimised for running React Native apps on Android. You can listen to Marc explain why it was necessary to build a JavaScript engine to support the needs of a particular framework and get a glimpse of the architecture and the design decisions behind it. Tune in now for episode 17!
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Hermes: https://hermesengine.dev/
React Native: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/hermes
- Intro 00:05
- Interview: Marc 00:57
- Hermes Overview 02:25
- Design Tradeoffs 07:01
- Garbage Collector 11:56
- Feature Omissions 15:36
- Hermes Technical Design 17:35
- Developer Experience 19:23
- What's Next? 20:15
- Using Hermes Without RN 21:32
- Outro 22:28
- Bloopers 00:25:50